Houston (disambiguation)

Houston can refer to:

Cities and towns

* Houston, Texas, United States of America
* Houston, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom, the original Scottish settlement of this name
* Houston, British Columbia, Canada;United States (other)
* Houston, Alabama
* Houston, Alaska
* Houston, Arkansas
* Houston, Delaware
* Houston, Florida
* Houston, Indiana
* Houston, Minnesota
* Houston, Mississippi
* Houston, Missouri
* Houston, Ohio
* Houston, Pennsylvania

Other places

* University of Houston, the largest university in Houston, Texas, often referred to as "Houston" in sports commentary
* Houston Street (Manhattan), New York City, dividing the SoHo neighborhood from the NoHo neighborhood
* Houston Street (Hong Kong), a street in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
* Houston County, several places

Persons

* Houston Alexander, American mixed martial artist
* Houston (singer), an early 2000s R&B singer
* Houston (porn star), adult film star
* Allan Houston, former NBA player
* Angus Houston, Commander of the Australian Defence Force
* Brian Houston (musician), Northern Irish musician
* Brian Houston (pastor), Australian religious leader
* Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights lawyer
* Charles Snead Houston, American mountaineer, physician and scientist
* Lucy, Lady Houston, backer of the British entry for 1931 Schneider Trophy races
* Marques Houston, African-American R&B singer
* Penelope Houston, American singer-songwriter
* Penelope Houston (film critic), British film critic
* Sam Houston, 19th century American statesman
* Thelma Houston, African-American R&B and dance music singer
* Whitney Houston, American R&B/pop singer
* William Vermillion Houston, (1900-1968) American physicist and president of Rice University

Things

* "Houston", a 1965 pop hit song by Dean Martin, written by Lee Hazlewood
* "Houston", a 2008 song by R.E.M. on their Accelerate album.
* "Houston", a song by the band Soul Coughing from the album "El Oso"
* "Houston", a band from Minneapolis, MN, formed in 1999 and signed to 54º40' or Fight! records.
* "Houston", a colloquial term for NASA's Mission Control Center, and the radio call sign for the Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM), as in the well-known (mis)quote [quote is actually in the past tense: "Houston, we've had a problem." See the [http://history.nasa.gov/Timeline/apollo13chron.html Apollo 13 Chronology] ] from the Apollo 13 mission and film: ""

* USS "Houston", several ships

ee also

*Huston
*Houstoun

References